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  • English 10 Q3

    English 10 Q3

    In English 10, we will study and explore poetry, narratives, short stories, novels, non-fiction essays, articles and informational texts. Our comprehension of these texts will be facilitated by analyzing and evaluating the literary elements, plot, character development and themes of each work. As part of this course, we will continue to develop writing skills by experimenting with multiple forms of writing. We will clarify thinking and writing by improving our ability to support opinions, providing expressive details and using the writing process as a means to strengthen ideas. This course will provide ample opportunities for students to imaginatively and critically express themselves through multi-media resources as they make essential connections to the world, themselves and literature.


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    • Week 1

      • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Millais_Boyhood_of_Raleigh.jpg

        "Stories are how we think. They are how we make meaning of life. Call them scripts, cognitive maps, mental models, metaphors, or narratives. Stories are how we explain how things work, how we make decisions, how we justify our decisions, how we persuade others, how we understand our place in the world, create our identities, and define and teach social values."  --Dr. Pamela Rutledge, Director, Media Psychology Research Center

      • INTRODUCTION

      • INTRODUCTION to Week 1 Page
      • ASSIGNMENT: STAR Assessment

      • GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION

      • Learning Objective:  I understand, recognize, and can use hyperboles.

      • WATCH--On Hyperbole Page
      • ASSIGNMENT--Hyperbole
      • ASSIGNMENT--10 Minute Vocabulary: The Seven Deadly Sins

      • WRITING

      • Learning Objectives: I can learn and use new vocabulary by using a dictionary and thesaurus. I understand the process of brainstorming and can describe a picture in narrative style.

      • ASSIGNMENT-Reader Response-Friendship
      • WATCH--How to: The Art of Storytelling Page
      • PARTICIPATE--The Art of Storytelling Assignment

    • Week 2

      • (Picture of author, Flannery O'Connor)
        "I write to discover what I know." -Flannery O'Connor

      • INTRODUCTION

      • WATCH: Introduction to Week 2 Page
      • RESOURCE--Paperrater Page

      • GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION

      • Learning Objective: I can read for details.

      • ASSIGNMENT: Performance Assessment Practice

      • Learning Objective: I understand and can use irony.

      • QUIZ--Review of Irony

      • WRITING

      • Learning Objective: I know how to "show" instead of tell.

      • READ --Descriptive Words Page
      • WATCH--Descriptive Writing Help Page
      • READ & WATCH--Showing & Telling Page
      • 7. ASSIGNMENT: Make This Sentence Descriptive!

      • Learning Objective: I can free-write effectively.

      • READ--Varations on a Theme Page
      • ASSIGNMENT--Free Writing

      • Learning Objective: I can write a perfect paragraph.

      • ASSIGNMENT-Reader Response--Truth

    • Week 3



      • INTRODUCTION

      • WATCH: Introduction to Week 3 Page
      • RESOURCE--PaperRater.com Page
      • Variation on a Theme Student Examples Book

      • GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION

      • Learning Objective: I understand and can differentiate between parody, hyperbole, and irony.

      • WATCH: Alanis Morissette's Song, "Ironic" Page
      • WATCH--What is Parody Page
      • ASSIGNMENT--Hyperbole, Irony, & Parody Review Quiz

      • WRITING

      • Learning Objective: I have written the rough draft of my "variation on theme" story, and I have edited it using PaperRater.com and my peers' comments.

      • READ--Writing Metaphorically Page
      • WATCH--Conflict in Literature and Life Page
      • ASSIGNMENT--Variation on a Theme
      • ASSIGNMENT--Use PaperRater.com

    • Week 4

      • INTRODUCTION

      • WATCH: Introduction to Week 4 Page

      • GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION

      • Learning Objective: I can define literary devices and elements, and I can Identify and use Latin Roots

      • ASSIGNMENT: QUIZ--Review Quiz of Literary Devices & Elements
      • ASSIGNMENT: QUIZ--Review Latin Root Words

      • WRITING

      • Learning Objective: I know what an anecdote is, and can write one of my own!

      • WATCH--on Ancedotes Page
      • ASSIGNMENT: Anecdote

      • Learning Objective: I have edited the rough draft of my story using feedback from my peers, teacher, and PaperRater.com. I have used the rubric to guide my revisions.

      • ASSIGNMENT: Editing & Final Copy of Variation on a Theme

      • SHORT STORIES

      • Learning Objective: I understand the origins, philosophy, and elements of the short story genre.

      • READ & WATCH--O. Henry Award & Develoment of the Short Story Page
      • WATCH--The Short Story Page
      • ASSIGNMENT--Brander Matthews & the Philosophy of the Short Story

    • Week 5

      • The short-story differs essentially from all the longer forms of fiction because its brevity forces the writer to confine himself to a single one of the three elements which the author of a novel may combine at his pleasure. These three elements are the plot, the characters, and the setting. --Brander Matthews

      • INTRODUCTION

      • INTRODUCTION to Week 5 Page
      • Variation on a Theme example Book

      • GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION

      • Learning Objective: I can read closely

      • ASSIGNMENT: Performance Assessment Practice

      • Learning Objective: I can define and recognize antithesis, metonymy, and satire

      • READ--Antithesis & Metonymy Page
      • RESOURCE--Antithesis in JFK Inaugural Address Page
      • WATCH--Satire URL

      • SHORT STORIES

      • Learning Objective: I can write a perfect paragraph

      • ASSIGNMENT: Reader Response: Readers and Writers

      • Learning Objective: I can read and listen for details

      • ASSIGNMENT--"Harrison Burgeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Quiz

    • Week 6

      • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger
        “I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.” --J.D. Salinger

      • INTRODUCTION

      • INTRODUCTION to Week 6 Page
      • RESOURCE--Literary Term Glossary URL
      • RESOURCES--Word Lexicon URL

      • GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION

      • Learning Objective: I can recognize and use different kinds of phrases.

      • ASSIGNMENT: Phrases Quiz

      • Learning Objective: I can recognize and define common literary devices.

      • PRACTICE--Who Wants to be a Millionaire Literary Terms Page
      • WATCH--Tone & Mood Page
      • QUIZ--Literary Devices

      • SHORT STORIES

      • Learning Objective: I can relate literature to myself and the world in which I live.

      • Learning Objective: I can make connections between J.D. Salinger's life and his writing.

      • WATCH--on JD Salinger's Life Page
      • ASSIGNMENT: J.D. Sallinger Remembered on NPR

      • Learning Outcome: I can read closely and recognize literary elements.

      • READ--J.D. Salinger's "The Laughing Man" Book

    • Week 7



      • Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. --Gabriel Garcia Marquez

      • INTRODUCTION

      • INTRODUCTION to Week 7 Page

      • GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION

      • Learning Objective: I can identify and use different kinds of clauses.

      • ASSIGNMENT: Clauses Quiz
      • WATCH--Point of View URL

      • Learning Objective: I can identify different points of view, and the various parts of a sentence.

      • PRACTICE--Point of View Page
      • QUIZ--Point of View
      • ASSIGNMENT--Brainpop: Fragment Sentences

      • SHORT STORIES

      • Learning Objective: I can find examples of literary elements.

      • ASSIGNMENT--"The Laughing Man" Application

      • Learning Objective: I can read closely and apply cultural context to my reading.

      • ASSIGNMENT: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
      • WATCH--Magical Realism Page
      • WATCH--Social Realism Page
      • READ--"The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" Page

    • Week 8


      • (CC-BY Rachel Shearer)

        Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.--Edgar Allan Poe

      • INTRODUCTION

      • INTRODUCTION to Week 8 Page

      • GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION

      • Learning Objective: I can identify and use different types of clauses.

      • ASSIGNMENT: Clauses

      • Learning Objective: I can correct run-on sentences.

      • WATCH-- Run on Sentences Explained Page
      • QUIZ--Run on Sentences

      • Learning Objective: I can differentiate between commonly confused words.

      • ASSIGNMENT: QUIZ--Further and Farther

      • SHORT STORIES

      • Learning Objective: I can recognize and give examples of literary elements, including setting, theme, tone, and point of view. I can make connections between the author's life and his literary works.

      • WATCH: Julio Cortazar Page
      • READ--"House Taken Over" by J. Cortazar URL
      • ASSIGNMENT--"House Taken Over" Quiz

    • Week 9

      • INTRODUCTION

      • INTRODUCTION to Week 9 Page

      • GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION

      • Learning Objective: I can read and comprehend informational text.

      • ASSIGNMENT: Performance Assessment Practice Quiz

      • Learning Objective: I can make verbs agree with their subjects.

      • WATCH--Grammar Girl on Subject/Verb Agreement Page
      • ASSIGNMENT--Subject/Verb Agreement Quiz

      • SHORT STORIES

      • Learning Objective: I can recognize and define literary devices and elements within Poe's writing. I can classify his writing within a genre.

      • WATCH--Edgar Allan Poe Page
      • READ--Poe's Life Page
      • WATCH--Edgar Allan Poe's Death Page
      • INTERACTIVE--Poe's House Page
      • WATCH--"The Fall of the House of Usher" Page
      • ASSIGNMENT: QUIZ-- Edgar Allan Poe & House of Usher Quiz
      • ASSIGNMENT: Poe's Single Effect

    • Week 10

       

      • Introduction

      • Introduction to Week 10 Page

      • Wrapping up the year

      • Learning Objective: I can identify symbols and tone within a short story.

      • Learning Objective: I understand the basic conventions of the English language.

      • STUDY: Grammar Review Page
      • ASSIGNMENT: Grammar Exam Quiz
      • ASSIGNMENT: Eportfolio Submission